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No Recycling Program...yet

EBOM-2009 MRc6: Solid waste management - waste stream audit
posted by SIG - Sustainability Main Account on Nov 1, 2011, 3:03 pm

Senario: Building not currently recycling. Have arranged waste hauler to begin as soon as construction ends (and demolition dumpster is off loading dock in urban site).

Question1:
We...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Dec 8, 2011, 12:34 pm

Fish as biological control

EBOM-2009 SSc6: Stormwater Quantity Control
posted by SIG - Sustainability Main Account on Dec 2, 2011, 2:05 pm

At an office park, the stormwater management control is a large retention pond that is managed by an aquatic service vendor. They provide inspection logs for the LEED documentation. Recently,...

Last reply: Amy Rider, Dec 8, 2011, 12:10 pm

Design for Adaptability

Pilot-Credits PC34: Design for Adaptability
posted by Jeffrey Lewis on Dec 8, 2011, 11:54 am

As a Senior Building, this credit was pretty much a given. We have designed our entire building to be accessible and all of our apartment units to be adaptable, as it is extremely likely that at...

Consistency, Consistency, Consistency

General forums
posted by April Ambrose on Dec 8, 2011, 11:16 am

I think my main issue with this announcement is the lack of consistency in the way that USGBC/...

How many survey answers are required?

NC-2009 IEQc7.2: Thermal comfort - verification
posted by Maria Porter on Oct 5, 2011, 7:06 am

I think this subject has been discussed before but I can’t find the answer. How many percent of building occupants must answer the survey for it to be a valid result? Is there a limit, or should...

Last reply: Cam Fitzgerald, Dec 8, 2011, 10:09 am

WE Pr1- What does ADO stand for in the Process Water Use Sect?

NC-2009 WEp1: Water Use Reduction
posted by Edna Bartolomei-Diaz on Jul 26, 2011, 6:12 pm

We are using LEED 2009 for Retail: NC+MR templates, for one of our projects. In WE Pre-requisite 1Template, there is...

Last reply: Paola Figueiredo, Newton Figueiredo, Dec 8, 2011, 9:49 am

Is Imperviousness = Runoff coefficient?

NC-2009 SSc6.1: Stormwater design - quantity control
posted by Maya Karkour on Nov 1, 2010, 5:12 am

Hello,

Can I presume that the imperviousness of a site is less than 50% if the overall runoff coefficient is less than 0.5 ?

Apologies if the answer is obvious but I am not an...

Last reply: Petra Hajná, Dec 8, 2011, 9:40 am

Documentation for a big project

NC-2009 IEQc7.1: Thermal comfort - design
posted by Veronika Sundberg on Oct 24, 2011, 9:47 am

Hi, im working in version 4.0 of this credit template. The opportunity to choose between the following is given:

"provide outputs from Load Calculation software or design spreadsheets that...

Last reply: Cam Fitzgerald, Dec 8, 2011, 9:30 am

IE for manual irrigation

NC-2009 WEc1: Water Efficient Landscaping
posted by Dario Ibarguengoitia on Dec 1, 2011, 6:28 pm

¿what is the IE for manual irrigation? I will use no potable water for this, I will apreciate your response cause asked about this once and did not got an answer, thank you very much

Last reply: WAGNER OLIVEIRA SILVA, Dec 8, 2011, 8:55 am

Selecting a rating system LEED CI or NC?

LEED Rating System Selection
posted by Ali Kopyt on Dec 7, 2011, 11:45 am

I have a two part question. I’m working on a project where a university purchased a large complex of buildings that are all interconnected. The building is technically owned by the state and...

Last reply: David Posada, Dec 7, 2011, 7:24 pm